S74 All Star Week

S74 All Star Week

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01-28-2024, 10:38 PM

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1. Milestones, up to 3 TPE.

Milestones are folded in with All-Star Week.

Link your Milestone claim as task 1 for up to 3 TPE towards your 8 total.

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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your ASW submission. This is done because the person who grades ASW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

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2. Written, up to 4 TPE - Shiny Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 topics related to the All Star Game to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words.

a. Two teams, Edmonton and Los Angeles, tie with five total nods each. Both of those teams are in the West. Playoff rivalry aside, do you think it's to the West's advantage or disadvantage to have a relatively large number of players from the same two teams? Does it make the all-star game better or worse when this happens?

b. While the East rolled it back with two top defensive pairings - this year that means Philadelphia and Hamilton - the West mixed it up with only Los Angeles having two defensemen present. Everyone else has a new partner. Which side's defense are you more interested in watching?

c. While there aren't any new faces in net this season, which pair of goalies do you think is going to have more fun?

d. Why should YOUR player have made the all star game, and why should you be the last man in? (If your player did make the all star game, argue for one of your teammates instead!)

a. I would say it's an advantage. Having pairs be familiar with each other is an extremely good thing to have, so making such pairings should be easy to run. That said, it's more fun if they have to play with another partner, so i would still advocate for all spots to be from a different team. (56 words)

d. Let me tell you people, my player was nominated for a bojo biscut trophy this season, and I am high off of that. Without me, they will not win. Is John Brown carrying my ass? Yes. Does it matter? Hell no, put me in a gaudy jersey and let me play for money (I am SHL broke). (57 words)

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4. Written, 3 TPE, TPE TPE TPE (150 words min.)

How much of a correlation do you think there is between TPE and an all-star nod? Should there be more, or less, than there is?

I think having a lot of TPE does increase your odds of being an all-star. TPE is, in concept, a system that is reliant on player experience and such, and as such, the more TPE you have, the more skill you have. It's no surprise that a vast majority of players who made the all-star game are early into their TPE regression, or are close to that point. You really have to have a sizeable amount of TPE in order to upgrade stats for increased effectiveness, regardless of what team you are on or how far you are into your career. All that being said, it's possible for your tactics to really bring out the best in players, even if they don't hit the same TPE values as other players. This is good, since otherwise, having a team of the top TPE users would be extremely boring to predict, and it's great that FHM gives players such an opportunity. (159 words)